For this weekly photo challenge we had to use natural elements to frame our subjects. I chose to frame a statue of St. Francis that i have in my backyard with red flowers that are nearby because I thought that the contrast was visually interesting.

For this week’s assignment, we had to make a “trick photo”. This prompt was really challenging for me, because it took a long time to figure out how to take the photo. In the end, I wanted to do a frame of fire and take a photo of a plant, but the fire burned a lot faster than I anticipated. I think that the photo is still interesting, even if it’s not what I imagined it to be.

For this weekly photo challenge we had to use depth of field to make the subject of our photo appear like it was part of something larger. For mine, I chose to take a photo of a flower, and show how it is a part of a larger garden.

This week’s photo challenge was to take a photo in someone else’s viewpoint. For my photo, I took it from the perspective of my dog. I took the photo from low to the ground and then added a red/green colorblindness effect in Photoshop.

For this week, we were challenged to use our knowledge of color theory in order to take a shot that appears to be cinematic. Because I am filming my Narrative film right now, I chose to take a photo while we were filming. I edited this in Photoshop by brightening the green of the pole and the yellow of the clothes from inside the laundry machine.

For this weeks photo challenge, I picked this photo from when I was in Helsinki on the Freestyle trip to show the Rule of Odds. Rule of odds is when two things that are the same frame something else that is the same or very similar. I think that this photo perfectly represents that because there is the symmetry of the two sides of the building, and the tower in the middle stands out because it isn’t perfectly symmetrical.

For this weekly photo challenge, we were assigned to use the rule of the thirds to express emotion. For this, I took a photo of my cousin when we were at the MoMA, she was super excited to be able to interact with exhibits at the museum. She is on the bottom left third of the image while the silver cloud is on the top right third of the image.

The prompt for this week was to use our speed lights creatively. For this photo, I knew that I wanted to play with shadows. For this shot, I had my speed light behind a bunch of leaves and took a photo of my backyard, which created some interesting shadows. I think that the shadows and highlights are really interesting in this photo

Our weekly photo challenge this week was to make a portrait perfectly symmetrical. After taking our portrait photos, we used Photoshop to reflect half of our face to the other side in order to make a symmetrical portrait.